Fred

Fred is a personal stop motion short. It got finished thanks to many friends, bank loans, and credit cards. I devoted spare time between jobs, moving the sets and puppets from one city to the next zig-zagging the west coast from LA to Seattle.

This is, if not my absolute favorite, nah... It is my absolute favorite, stop motion short film. For all the obvious reasons, of course, I mean Fred's mannerisms are immaculate, his gestures supreme. But aside from that, it's the ultimate tribute to the under-appreciated state of the creative, insecure, performing artist, the struggle to survive and carry on.

I'm awestruck. And looking at the comments at Vimeo, this has been posted for 3 weeks?! Three weeks of my life when I could have watched this over and over, if only I had known, 3 weeks without seeing this that I'll never get back (sob) ...

Great concept that would have worked even if the execution had been less sure-footed. And great execution that, with less of a concept, would still have been a master class in character animation. (I mean, this dude is an animator! This is what we all aspire to.) The combination should put it into serious contention for major animation awards.

Great sets, too, full of texture and character with just the right amount of roughness and chunkiness to go with the character design. And great use of fabric for Fred's face and hands.

Above all, so inspiring to see this standard of work in an independent production working with limited means. It's so good to see it doesn't have to be just the slick looking, big budget features that push the boundaries and set new standards.

Yeah, Nick, what you said. And I agree, this thing to me, should have OSCAR written all over it. We gotta push this back up into an active status on the board and get everyone we can to take a look-see.

oh my god. another bar raise?? i am awestruck- the camerawork alone is next level, never mind HIM- and the script is just exquisite. gotta get back to the drawing board AGAIN....thanks for flagging this for us, chaps...still cant quite believe it.

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